John Goodman, Roseanne Barr no longer speak after racism scandal: 'Doubt if she wants to'
Goodman revealed that he isn't on speaking terms with his former "Roseanne" sitcom costar, while reflecting in a wide-ranging The Hollywood Reporter profile published June 11, telling the outlet that "I'd rather doubt if she wants to talk to me."
"We haven't talked for about seven or eight years," he added.
Despite the distance and space between the duo, who portrayed a married couple on the working-class sitcom, Goodman has defended Barr in the past.
In a 2023 interview, "The Conners" star told Variety that he has "no" regrets about speaking up for Barr in 2018 when he previously said that he knows "for a fact that she's not a racist."
John Goodman says he 'felt bad' for Roseanne Barr after backlash over racist tweets
"At the time I remember going to some kind of junket where they saw the pilot, and then the interviews, and it just turned into attack. And that made me very uncomfortable with them just attacking Roseanne," Goodman told Variety. "I felt bad for her."
He added: "I just feel terrible about the whole thing. We had a great time. And I love her. She's just her own person."
A "Roseanne" revival was canceled by ABC in 2018 hours after Barr made racist comments on Twitter about former President Barack Obama's White House advisor Valerie Jarrett. But the show's cast, including Goodman, continued on the "Conners" spinoff, which was introduced after the cancellation.
"Roseanne" returned to ABC in March 2018, two decades after it ended its first run from 1988 to 1997, reuniting the original cast including Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert. In his interview with THR published June 11, Goodman reflected on "The Conners" which ended in April.
"I didn't think (the 'Roseanne' reboot) was going to go beyond the initial five or six episodes. I thought it'd be a one-off thing, and then we got picked up, and Roseanne got fired … then we got to do the show again as 'The Conners,'" he told THR.
"I didn't know how long it would last, but I sure enjoyed it while I was there," Goodman added.
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